In today’s class we focused on Postwar Art, which opened the door for many works that were primarily abstract in nature. We began with a discussion of Abstract Expressionism and its most famous painter, Jackson Pollock. This movement focused on action painting and the color field, as shown in the works of Rothko and others. We then moved to Hard Edge Abstraction, a movement that creates exactly what its name entails, leading to abstract works with very hard edges and areas with only one color. Finally, we discussed Neo-Dada, another absurd movement based on the previous Dada movement. This movement makes fun of art and comments on important ideas at the same time, while also providing very amusing images that many would not consider when thinking of usual art.